Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Study of the Family in Japan: Integrating Anthropological and Demographic Approaches
John Knight and John W. Traphagan
Family and Living Arrangements
2. Changes in the Living Arrangements of Japanese Elderly: The Role of Demographic Factors
James M. Raymo and Toshiko Kaneda
3. Under One Roof: The Evolving Story of Three Generation Housing in Japan
Naomi Brown
Coping with Demographic Change
4. Generational Reengagements: Changing Demographic Patterns and the Revival of Intergenerational Contact in Japan
Leng Leng Thang
5. Depopulation in Rural Japan: ""Population Politics" in Towa-cho
Christopher S. Thompson
6. Repopulating the Village?
John Knight
7. Finding Common Ground: Family, Gender, and Burial in Contemporary Japan
Satsuki Kawano
Demographic Change and Aging
8. Trends in the Quantity and Quality of Life at Older Ages in Japan
Toshiko Kaneda and James M. Raymo
9. Parent Care and Shifting Family Obligations in Urban Japan
Brenda Robb Jenike
10. Contesting Coresidence: Women, In-laws, and Health Care in Rural Japan
John W. Traphagan
Epilogue
11. Demographic and Family Change: Problems and Solutions
Susan O. Long and C. Scott Littleton
Contributors
Name Index
Subject Index
